The Clue of the Velvet Mask
by Carolyn Keene
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1127545663
- ISBN 13
- 9781127545667
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. Rudi Nappi. Vintage edition. Pictorial spine dust jacket, with a couple of closed tears; flaps not corner clipped; now in new removable protective cover. Blue tweed boards with black print on front and spine. Blue multi-scene end papers. Prior owner's stamp on first blank page inside book. Pages are clean and unmarked. Grosset and Dunlap hard cover with dust jacket, 1953 edition, but probably later printing from 1961; 221 pages. Cover art and frontispiece by Rudi Nappi. 12mo (5.5"" x 7"") The Clue of the Velvet Mask, by Mildren Benson Wirt writing as Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew #30. Interior lists gives 38 Nancy Drew titles, 21 Dana Girls. Dust jacket lists 38 Nancy Drew Titles, 21 Dana Girls. Page 221 lists draft title ""The Ringmaster's Secret"", Nancy Drew #31. Nancy and George switch identities to solve art and jewel thefts at parties given by wealthy people. This is the original 25 chapter text; it was revised and shortened to 177 pages in 1969.
Synopsis
When a gang that uses parties as a cover for robberies victimizes a masquerade party Nancy is attending, the teen-age detective switches identity with her girl friend to solve the case.
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031522089781127545667gr
- Title
- The Clue of the Velvet Mask
- Author
- Carolyn Keene
- Illustrator
- Rudi Nappi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1127545663
- ISBN 13
- 9781127545667
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 180
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Nancy Drew
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Childrens books;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Flap(s)
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...